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History is written by the winners.

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It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories. In a country and culture so dominated by media, by the manipulation of words and stories, telling the tales of people whose stories historically have not been told is a radical act and I believe an act that can change the world and help rewrite history.

History is alwys written by victors, and the defeated create a new set of myths to explain the past and gild the future

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The conquerer writes history. They came, they conquered and they wrote. Now, you don't expect people who invaded us to write the truth about us. They will always write negative things about us. And they have to do that because they have to justify their invasions in all the countries.

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?

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